Azerbaijan

December 05, 2025 09:27

• The defense asked for the acquittal of the former leaders of Nagorno-Karabakh.

  At a hearing in the Baku Court of Grave Crimes, lawyers said the guilt of their clients, the former leaders of Nagorno-Karabakh, was unproven and called on the court to acquit them.

December 05, 2025 04:34

• The case of Karen Avanesyan came to court

  The case of Khankendi resident Karen Avanesyan, accused of attacking Azerbaijani security forces, has been transferred to the Ganja Court of Grave Crimes.

December 04, 2025 15:37

• Kerimli's relatives have announced a ban on transfers to the politician in pretrial detention.

  Ali Karimli, the head of the Azerbaijan Popular Front Party, is not receiving a parcel in pretrial detention, his family reported. The PACE General Rapporteur on Political Prisoners called on the Azerbaijani authorities to review the charges against Karimli and ensure his rights are respected during the investigation.

December 04, 2025 10:59

• Hajibeyli called on Turkish authorities not to deport her to Azerbaijan.

  Turkish law enforcement agencies have initiated deportation proceedings against Azerbaijani opposition politician Gultekin Hajibeyli to Azerbaijan on suspicion of threatening public safety. She has appealed to the ECHR, urging Turkish authorities not to extradite her due to the risk of arrest.

December 04, 2025 03:27

• A former Wagner PMC fighter received a prison sentence in Azerbaijan.

  The Ganja Court for Serious Crimes sentenced Ismail Gasanov to 3.5 years in prison. He recruited from a Russian prison colony to the Wagner PMC and traveled to the Ukrainian war zone on the promise of release, money, and Russian citizenship.

December 03, 2025 23:39

• The head of the Azerbaijani community in the Urals, who replaced Shykhlinsky, has been arrested.

  The court arrested Vidadi Mustafayev, head of the Azerbaijani community in Ural, on charges of fraud. Mustafayev denied his guilt.

December 03, 2025 15:42

• Gultekin Hajibeyli is deprived of contact with her family in a Turkish deportation center.

  Azerbaijani opposition politician Gultekin Hajibeyli is not allowed to see her son at a Turkish deportation center. Turkish authorities have not provided official information on whether Hajibeyli will be deported to Azerbaijan.

December 03, 2025 05:34

• An Azerbaijani resident has been accused of financing terrorism.

  Namik Nabiyev from Azerbaijan is accused of transferring more than $28,000 to the Islamic State*, although he claimed to have been collecting donations.

December 02, 2025 23:15

• The Meydan TV journalists' case has reached court.

  The case against the Meydan TV journalists has been transferred to the Baku Court of Grave Crimes. A preparatory hearing is scheduled for December 12.

December 02, 2025 10:00

• Shamshad Aga criticized the court in the Meydan TV case for following the authorities' orders.

  Those arrested in the Meydan TV case were persecuted at the behest of Azerbaijan's leadership for their journalistic activities, one of the defendants, Shamshad Aga, testified in court. The court extended his pretrial detention, refusing to transfer him to house arrest.

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